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Hi everyone,
When I first received my phone a few days ago, I unlocked and rooted it. But then I noticed I wasn't passing safetynet so I unrooted it.
Eversince, when I try to reroot it, it won't boot. It stays stuck on the boot animation (I waited up to 20 minutes).
If I reflash the ROM, it boots. If I reflash the ROM, wipe davlik & cache, and root, it stays stuck on the boot animation.
So my guess was that it was not ROM related, nor cache related, so it must be caused by something on my data partition. But I don't want to wipe it if I have another way to fix it.
Any idea on what might be preventing my phone from booting when I root it?
Thanks!
after root do you have flashed superSU?
RotesMeerJogger said:
after root do you have flashed superSU?
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Well I flashed superSU to root the phone!
But when I do it, it won't boot.
Probably image got corrupted, Download the zip of the rom "oxygen os zip", clean flash it through recovery, try to root again
Daman5202 said:
Probably image got corrupted, Download the zip of the rom "oxygen os zip", clean flash it through recovery, try to root again
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When I flash if without root it boots perfectly, are you sure about the image being corrupted?
gigaboss said:
When I flash if without root it boots perfectly, are you sure about the image being corrupted?
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As you said "it stucks on boot", many times the phone gets stuck on boot when the image is corrupted , its called soft brick. Try downloading the zip file of os, flash it through recovery. The img is probably facing some errors while booting with root access. Are you nougat user? 7.1? And are you using default recovery?
As most people have said here already, in general this should work. So which version of oxygenos are you running? And what recovery? Also, after flashing Supersu, you should not wipe caches as far as I know (forgot the source). Re-download the image, and flash it and directly after flash supersu (both in twrp) and your problem should be solved.
donny110 said:
As most people have said here already, in general this should work. So which version of oxygenos are you running? And what recovery? Also, after flashing Supersu, you should not wipe caches as far as I know (forgot the source). Re-download the image, and flash it and directly after flash supersu (both in twrp) and your problem should be solved.
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OK I am sorry I was not clear enough, this is exactly what I have been doing!
I have TWRP, when I only flash the 3.5.4 OOS it works perfectly. When I flash OOS 3.5.4 and superSU it doesn't boot.
So the image doesn't seem corrupted, I re-downloaded it.
Is it clearer?
gigaboss said:
OK I am sorry I was not clear enough, this is exactly what I have been doing!
I have TWRP, when I only flash the 3.5.4 OOS it works perfectly. When I flash OOS 3.5.4 and superSU it doesn't boot.
So the image doesn't seem corrupted, I re-downloaded it.
Is it clearer?
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Have you cleared caches before the flash? And are you using the Full OOS 3.5.4? And I assume the most recent Supersu? I did exactly that 2 days ago. Using the full OOS zip that is in one of the threads here on XDA (can't link on phone right now).
Btw. It can bootloop a few times and take awhile once you flash both.. If that doesn't work I guess it's beyond my knowledge. You might want to try if the same thing happens with 3.5.3
gigaboss said:
Hi everyone,
When I first received my phone a few days ago, I unlocked and rooted it. But then I noticed I wasn't passing safetynet so I unrooted it.
Eversince, when I try to reroot it, it won't boot. It stays stuck on the boot animation (I waited up to 20 minutes).
If I reflash the ROM, it boots. If I reflash the ROM, wipe davlik & cache, and root, it stays stuck on the boot animation.
So my guess was that it was not ROM related, nor cache related, so it must be caused by something on my data partition. But I don't want to wipe it if I have another way to fix it.
Any idea on what might be preventing my phone from booting when I root it?
Thanks!
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I don't have my 3T yet to verify, but did you flash the zip which disables encryption and dm-verity?
EDIT: From the TWRP thread, step 10: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/development/recovery-twrp-oneplus-3t-t3507308
Any update to this? I have the exact same problem; clean flash 3.5.4 OOS (tried it via twrp, adb sideload and MsmDownloadTool) then flash SuperSU via twrp (tried multiple SuperSU versions) and all results in sitting at the boot animation. I've let it sit for 2 hours and it never gets beyond boot animation. No matter what, I can't get SuperSU to work. However, I have no problem getting phh superuser to boot up. Any idea why SuperSU won't boot for me?
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Any update to this? I have the exact same problem; clean flash 3.5.4 OOS (tried it via twrp, adb sideload and MsmDownloadTool) then flash SuperSU via twrp (tried multiple SuperSU versions) and all results in sitting at the boot animation. I've let it sit for 2 hours and it never gets beyond boot animation. No matter what, I can't get SuperSU to work. However, I have no problem getting phh superuser to boot up. Any idea why SuperSU won't boot for me?
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I got to the bottom of my problem (but did not solve it somehow) by formatting and trying every possibility. I lost all my data :crying:
So here is what happens:
-I start with a clean ROM, root it, install kernel, everything works fine EXCEPT for safetynet that won't pass even with root switch
-I try to install suhide 0.55, the phone won't start anymore (stays on boot animation, tried to wait all night)
AND HERE IS THE WEIRD THING.
-If I dirty flash the rom to start over, it boots, if then I flash SuperSU, it won't boot!! As if suhide was still in the data partition and preventing the phone from booting!!
So it means that if I try to install suhide once, I am not able to boot with root anymore... I need to format my data partition and start all over again.
Hmm. My issue is slightly different, I guess. I'm not even attempting suhide, just SuperSU. No matter what, I can't boot up once I flash SuperSU. Guess I'll give it another try with the new 2.79 sr2 and oos4.
Thanks!
__McB__ said:
Hmm. My issue is slightly different, I guess. I'm not even attempting suhide, just SuperSU. No matter what, I can't boot up once I flash SuperSU. Guess I'll give it another try with the new 2.79 sr2 and oos4.
Thanks!
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Did you have any luck with this? I'm having the same issue. Flash the 4.0.2 update and boots fine. Flash SuperSU or phh (I've tried both!) and I just sit at the boot animation for hours until I get angry and restore nandroid to 3.5.4.
hyperblau said:
Did you have any luck with this? I'm having the same issue. Flash the 4.0.2 update and boots fine. Flash SuperSU or phh (I've tried both!) and I just sit at the boot animation for hours until I get angry and restore nandroid to 3.5.4.
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https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/
I had a similar issue with my op3t after root it, I wipe data but it won't start, I just flash the zip 5.1 no verity opt encrypt and should be work fine without flashing supersu:good:
hyperblau said:
Did you have any luck with this? I'm having the same issue. Flash the 4.0.2 update and boots fine. Flash SuperSU or phh (I've tried both!) and I just sit at the boot animation for hours until I get angry and restore nandroid to 3.5.4.
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No, never got it working. Upgraded to 4.0.2 and never looked back.
Maybe you already tried this version.. Otherwise...
Hello, I am currently rooted on stock oos 4.0.3, with latest TWRP and super su free v2.79, can anyone help me out and tell me how to switch to magisk please, thank you!
Can I just use super su full unroot option then flash magisk?
Either reflash the original boot.img or download the unsu script from https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63615067, then flash magisk again.
palesaint said:
Either reflash the original boot.img or download the unsu script from https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63615067, then flash magisk again.
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so flash unsu, then flash magisk. simple?
Dr Grato said:
so flash unsu, then flash magisk. simple?
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If you use the unSU script the process is:
unSU
stock boot image
Magisk
This method did not work for me.
I am on KETAN n10 and initially, viper did not work. I installed magisk but that didn't fix it. nor the meefik busy box. So i decided to uninstall magisk and go back to superSU and it magically worked...
I unrooted from SuperSU itself like shown on the app's forum I believe. It rebooted my phone, I went into recovery first and then just flashed the latest magisk and made the switch :laugh:
SourPower said:
I unrooted from SuperSU itself like shown on the app's forum I believe. It rebooted my phone, I went into recovery first and then just flashed the latest magisk and made the switch :laugh:
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So you just went into the SuperSU app and used the built in Unroot option, and when the phone rebooted, you went back into recovery and flashed the latest Magisk and did NOT flash a boot.img and everything worked fine? you have root with Magisk now instead of SU and you didnt get a bootloop at all??? (i really want to swap out SU for magisk in my sons LG G2, so he can play PoGo again lol) (His G2 is running CRdroid custom rom, I wonder if that effects the steps I'll need to take)
Can anyone offer me some guidance or assistance please and thank you?
JG420 said:
So you just went into the SuperSU app and used the built in Unroot option, and when the phone rebooted, you went back into recovery and flashed the latest Magisk and did NOT flash a boot.img and everything worked fine? you have root with Magisk now instead of SU and you didnt get a bootloop at all??? (i really want to swap out SU for magisk in my sons LG G2, so he can play PoGo again lol) (His G2 is running CRdroid custom rom, I wonder if that effects the steps I'll need to take)
Can anyone offer me some guidance or assistance please and thank you?
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If there's a proper backup of the boot image for the SuperSU app's full unroot option to restore, then that process should work perfectly (I've done it on a few devices myself). It's when it can't properly restore the boot image you might have issues and you'll have to do it yourself.
Take a look in the Magisk Troubleshooting guide, under "Moving from another systemless root solution to MagiskSU".
The nuclear method might be, to just flash the full stock OOS zip (can flash in TWRP) which will unroot and restore the boot.img (and everything else!). Then immediately flash Magisk before rebooting (so have the Magisk zip on the phone before updating). This should fully remove SuperSU, install Magisk, and keep TWRP on the phone.
Seeing as the original poster is still on OOS 4.0.3, you may want to update, anyway!
JG420 said:
So you just went into the SuperSU app and used the built in Unroot option, and when the phone rebooted, you went back into recovery and flashed the latest Magisk and did NOT flash a boot.img and everything worked fine? you have root with Magisk now instead of SU and you didnt get a bootloop at all??? (i really want to swap out SU for magisk in my sons LG G2, so he can play PoGo again lol) (His G2 is running CRdroid custom rom, I wonder if that effects the steps I'll need to take)
Can anyone offer me some guidance or assistance please and thank you?
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I've done this on my 3t but I do have a G3 coincidentally lol, but yes I unrooted from su, it restarted my phone, before booting back into the system I went in twrp right away and then flashed magisk.
There are two options given in the SuperSU app, one is clean up to switch to a different SU app and the other is to permanently unroot. Which option is better?
hypothrax said:
There are two options given in the SuperSU app, one is clean up to switch to a different SU app and the other is to permanently unroot. Which option is better?
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I chose the Full Unroot option. Then flashed magisk. Worked perfectly.
Use the full unroot option. Catch here is that you might get dm-verity warning. It won't affect the phone in anyway but Android Pay might not work and you will see the warning for 5 seconds, everytime you restart the phone.
Thanks so much for ths thread. I am on Resurrection Remix OS and inititally installed SuperSU over Magisk (which came with the ROM). I decided that I wanted to use Magisk instead and followed the instructions in this thread and it worked a treat.
Hey everyone. I just got my new OnePlus 3T a week back. I was loving it till today but I wanted to mess with my phone and I guess I did just that. Long story short, I was on 7.1.1 and unlocked OEM and installed TWRP. Phone booted up and i went into recovery and installed Super SU and the dm verity. After this step, my phone is stuck on the boot animation. I'm able to access TWRP as well as Fastoot ADB. I want to sideload the stock OxygenOS ROM into my phone through ADB, but i'm unsure which file to flash and the exact process. Could someone please help me out? :crying:
That's why you always make a nandroid back up
I figured out why the adb sideload wasn't working. I tried to do the sideload directly from the ADB cmd while my phone was in fastboot mode. So, I tried an alternate method by going into TWRP and doing the sideloading from the advanced menu. It worked and I'm setting up my OP 3T now Guess I jumped the gun by posting here without thinking.
On a side note, my device doesn't have root access now. Maybe it never got installed properly before getting bricked. I think it had to with the fact that I had updated to 7.1.1 by using a VPN. I'm pretty good at following instructions so i couldn't have gone wrong. Can anyone tell me if i can go ahead and root my device now that I'm back on stock OS?
You dont flash supersu and dm verity files at the same time
No wonder you end up in bootloop
Multiple threads are already there about the same issue.
For root just flash supersu
kunal1540 said:
You dont flash supersu and dm verity files at the same time
No wonder you end up in bootloop
Multiple threads are already there about the same issue.
For root just flash supersu
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Damn, I didn't know that. I only searched for the bootloop issue and didn't really find something that seemed simple enough for me. Almost all the guides I read had similar instructions so I flashed the Dm-verity first and then the Super SU immediately after that. What does dm verity do if it doesnt need to be flashed? And just so that I'm clear - flashing Super SU is enough and no need to bother with the dm verity?
Rahulsingh9367 said:
Damn, I didn't know that. I only searched for the bootloop issue and didn't really find something that seemed simple enough for me. Almost all the guides I read had similar instructions so I flashed the Dm-verity first and then the Super SU immediately after that. What does dm verity do if it doesnt need to be flashed? And just so that I'm clear - flashing Super SU is enough and no need to bother with the dm verity?
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There's a much much simpler solution, you just use magisk. There's no need to flash supersu or dm-verity fix, just flash the latest magisk zip file in TWRP -> reboot -> install Magisk manager from playstore and you have perfectly working rooted phone.
fluster84 said:
There's a much much simpler solution, you just use magisk. There's no need to flash supersu or dm-verity fix, just flash the latest magisk zip file in TWRP -> reboot -> install Magisk manager from playstore and you have perfectly working rooted phone.
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Tried flashing the Magisk v9 zip and checked the option that goes something like "verify after flashing" and it failed. Should I uncheck both those options before flashing or flash the phh super user zip too?
Azar_98 said:
Try the latest version of magisk, v11.6.
http://tiny.cc/latestmagisk
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Worked perfectly and no hassle at all. Thank you so much!
Rahulsingh9367 said:
Tried flashing the Magisk v9 zip and checked the option that goes something like "verify after flashing" and it failed. Should I uncheck both those options before flashing or flash the phh super user zip too?
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Always flash the latest magisk, and you don't need to flash phh or anything else. Magisk now comes with magisksu that works great with OOS 4.1.1.
Check the link below for latest magisk
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless
If you don't mind losing your data, you can try this 100% clean but slightly painful install. It might be overkill for most but you can start from a clean slate. Backup your stuff to the PC before you do this.
1. Flash compatible stock recovery (stock recovery for android N) in fastboot
2. Now choose to wipe everything (even music, photos) from stock recovery. You will lose everything on your phone.
3. Sideload OOS 4.1.1 rom
4. Reboot and complete phone setup
You are now completely stock except with a unlocked bootloader. In order to gain root, continue further -
5. Enable developer options in Settings and then enable Advanced Reboot and USB debugging
6. Reboot to fastboot and flash twrp 3.0.4.-1
7. Reboot to twrp and flash Magisk v11. 1 zip
8. Reboot and install Magisk Manager from playstore.
Congratulations, you have a stock 4.1.1 with working root and it will even pass safety net check (enable magisk hide in magisk manager)
Question for those you you way smarter than I'll ever hope to be. I randomly lost root and TWRP on my 3T and I have no idea how this happened.
Quick (or not so quick) background - I was stock rooted OOS 4.1.6. I disabled AdAway for a bit yesterday to gain access to something it was blocking (done it many times) and when I re-enabled it my phone was stuck in a boot loop afterwards. Weird, but not concerning. I booted into TWRP and restored a backup. OOS 4.1.3 was my latest backup, so after successfully loading that up, I flashed the full 4.1.6 OTA and SuperSu as I've done before to update. Worked fine. Was adding my preferred mods via Substratum and Magisk and I messed up. Couldn't get Substratum to work properly and couldn't get Magisk to update to 13.1. I verified I had root, which I did. Went back to TWRP and reflashed 4.1.6 and SuperSU. When my phone was up and running again I didn't have root. Weird, so I tried again, still couldn't get SuperSU to flash properly. Got frustrated and figured I haven't had a clean install since getting the device in January. Every update I've flashed via TWRP has been dirty. So, factory reset, blah, blah, blah. Done it plenty of times with many devices. Flashed the OTA and SuperSu again, but noticed SuperSu failed. Rebooted recovery to try again, but it went to the stock recovery. My phone is working fine now, but I'm without root and I no longer have TWRP.
What might have caused this to happen? And how can I avoid it in the future? I know how to get it back (I'll do it after work) but it's frustrating.
What version of TWRP are you using? A few of the past versions have been having problems.
If you're already using Magisk anyways, just flash the Magisk zip and use that as your rooting solution. IIRC, the more recent versions of Magisk are no longer compatible with SuperSU anyways.
Anova's Origin said:
What version of TWRP are you using? A few of the past versions have been having problems.
If you're already using Magisk anyways, just flash the Magisk zip and use that as your rooting solution. IIRC, the more recent versions of Magisk are no longer compatible with SuperSU anyways.
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I was using 3.0.4-1. Never had an issue before. But after I factory reset my phone and clean flashed the 4.1.6 update I ended up with the stock recovery. Unless I'm mistaken, I can't flash Magisk until I have TWRP again. I know how to get it back, I was more curious as to how this may have happened in the first place. What would have caused my root and custom recovery to disappear?
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I was using 3.0.4-1. Never had an issue before. But after I factory reset my phone and clean flashed the 4.1.6 update I ended up with the stock recovery. Unless I'm mistaken, I can't flash Magisk until I have TWRP again. I know how to get it back, I was more curious as to how this may have happened in the first place. What would have caused my root and custom recovery to disappear?
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My mistake, I meant to ask SuperSU version, not TWRP. If SuperSU failed to root your phone after dirty flashing OOS (even if there was not error message), OOS will replace your recovery with the stock one.
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My mistake, I meant to ask SuperSU version, not TWRP. If SuperSU failed to root your phone after dirty flashing OOS (even if there was not error message), OOS will replace your recovery with the stock one.
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I was using version 2.8.2. Regardless, you answered my question as to how it happened in the first place, so thanks.
Hey here
Im on android 7.0 and the device is galaxy s7 edge G935F and no matter what i do..... Unrooting with the managaer options or flash the magisk uninstaller in twrp it always causes a boot loop. It starts normal when i flash magisk again... it would be easy to flash a new rom but i want to keep some changes ive made while rooted so thats the problem and i read a lot of flashing the boot loader (thats the BL part in the extracted rom package right?) from the rom thats currently installed. But that would wipe everything right? Or can i somehow flash that one like i flash magisk in twrp
I wonder if here is anything i can do to unroot successfully? Cache wipe wont end the loop
As always thanks for your time and answer
With best regards
Chris